Horace Maynard
Born: August 30, 1814
Birthplace: Westborough, Massachusetts
Father: Ephraim Maynard 1783 – 1864
Mother: Diana Harriet Cogswell 1793 – 1876
Wife: Laura Ann Washburn 1813 – 1896
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
Children:
USN Rear Admiral Washburn M. Maynard 1844 – 1913
(Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island)
Eleanor Maynard 1846 – 1848
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
Ephraim Horace Maynard 1848 – 1850
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
Laura Maynard 1851 – 1852
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
James Maynard Sr. 1853 – 1926
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
Political Party: Whig party, Know Nothing Party, Opposition Party, Unionist Party, Unconditional Unionist Party and Republican Party
Education:
Attended Westboro and Millbury Academy
1838: Graduated from Amherst College
Occupation before War:
School Teacher in Massachusetts
1839 – 1844: Professor at University of East Tennessee
1844 – 1857: Attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee
1852: Whig Party Presidential Elector
1853: Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for U.S. Congress
1857 – 1863: United States Congressman from Tennessee
1857 – 1861: Member of House Claims Committee
Civil War Career:
Supporter of the Emancipation Proclamation
1863 – 1865: Tennessee State Attorney General
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1866: Attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee
1866: Tennessee Delegate to Southern Loyalist Convention
1866 – 1875: United States Congressman from Tennessee
1866 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1867 – 1873: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of House Reform in Civil Service Committee
1874: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1873 – 1875: Chairman of House Banking and Currency Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Rules Committee
1874: Unsuccessful Republican Party Candidate for Governor
1875 – 1880: United States Minister to Turkey
1880 – 1881: United States Postmaster General
Died: May 3, 1882
Place of Death: Knoxville, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Age at time of Death: 67 years old
Burial Place: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
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